CATSA baggage inspection
Jul 18, 2018 | 1:41 pm
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CATSA baggage inspection
First time I have ever encountered this - arrived home from YYT and when opening checked bag there was a
" Notification of Checked Baggage Inspection" telling me that CATSA had " conducted a search, no item removed".
While I have experienced this in the U.S. with TSA ( although I thought I always had the right to be present during the search),
this is the first time I have ever encountered this with CATSA. Do we not have a right to be present if and when
they are opening our luggage? I don't know if this was a random inspection, or if they were checking out something
that showed on the screen. In all other countries, if something showing on the screen requires a physical inspection,
I have always been present.
" Notification of Checked Baggage Inspection" telling me that CATSA had " conducted a search, no item removed".
While I have experienced this in the U.S. with TSA ( although I thought I always had the right to be present during the search),
this is the first time I have ever encountered this with CATSA. Do we not have a right to be present if and when
they are opening our luggage? I don't know if this was a random inspection, or if they were checking out something
that showed on the screen. In all other countries, if something showing on the screen requires a physical inspection,
I have always been present.
Jul 18, 2018 | 2:22 pm
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Jul 24, 2018 | 7:05 am
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20 flights out of YYZ annually I have never received a note like the American TSA's.
Jul 24, 2018 | 11:15 am
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The little 6 sided, red and white symbol indicates a TSA approved lock.
Jul 24, 2018 | 4:06 pm
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Jul 24, 2018 | 9:21 pm
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Thats my point. I do keep buying official TSA locks and they keep being cut off.
Once and only once a few years back YYZ SFO they cut it off and out a gold one back on in its place with the same code. That one then got cut off YYZ LHR last year. On the way back I lost another brand new one.
Maybe I shouldnt bother! I brought a pack of three last year, have one left.
Once and only once a few years back YYZ SFO they cut it off and out a gold one back on in its place with the same code. That one then got cut off YYZ LHR last year. On the way back I lost another brand new one.
Maybe I shouldnt bother! I brought a pack of three last year, have one left.
Jul 25, 2018 | 8:15 am
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Huh, well that's news to me jc94. The whole point of the approved locks is so that they can be removed without cutting them and put back on. So my question then would be, why are they cutting them off? Does anyone have an answer to that question?
Jul 30, 2018 | 4:46 am
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He told me that yes it happens often, and main reason is because many of his coworkers are just lazy. His advice was - never lock those approved locks when on the plane.... Use them for when in hotel etc.
Aug 2, 2018 | 7:20 am
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We pay a premium for these locks. Somewhere in YYZ theres an unmarked grave.
Aug 2, 2018 | 8:33 am
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TSA and CATSA staff can get away with it as the number of people complaining is low. There is no TSA at baggage claim. The airline will say it is a TSA CATSA issue so they are clear. There is also no way of proving beyond absolute doubt that you had a lock on there and it was cut off.
These staffs are too lazy to walk over to get the TSA master key. I have seen TSA agent in uniform at EWR during their break at the food court playing around with their cutter so they are carrying them just for the fun of irritating travellers.
Maybe they are offered $X per lock that they destroy and a replacement needs to be purchase?
Aug 6, 2018 | 6:25 am
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Those guys are anonymous so no responsibility. There is one security guy in Pearson (or maybe more than one) who enjoys opening the bottles of shampoo and other cosmetics, trying them and then not closing properly so the stuff is leaking all over. He also likes to wipe his hands with clothes from the suitcase. What a great person.